sites traditionally under ti ##kal ' s control began to erect their own monuments featuring local rulers and using the mu ##tal emblem g ##ly ##ph , with ti ##kal apparently lacking the authority or the power to crush these bids for independence . in 84 ##9 , jewel k ' aw ##ii ##l is mentioned on a ste ##la at se ##iba ##l as visiting that city as the divine lord of ti ##kal but he is not recorded elsewhere and ti ##kal ' s once great power was little more than a memory . the sites of ix ##lu and jim ##bal had by now inherited the once exclusive mu ##tal emblem g ##ly ##ph . as ti ##kal and its hint ##erland reached peak population
sites traditionally under tikal's control began to erect their own monuments featuring local rulers and using the mutal emblem glyph, with tikal apparently lacking the authority or the power to crush these bids for independence. in 849, jewel k'awiil is mentioned on a stela at seibal as visiting that city as the divine lord of tikal but he is not recorded elsewhere and tikal's once great power was little more than a memory. the sites of ixlu and jimbal had by now inherited the once exclusive mutal emblem glyph. as tikal and its hinterland reached peak population